republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/88/hb-567.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to discrimination on the basis of hair texture or protective hairstyle associated with race."
description: "Relating to discrimination on the basis of hair texture or protective hairstyle associated with race."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 567"
citation: "Texas HB 567 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "DISCRIMINATION (S0052)", "Education--Higher--General (I0231)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--General (I0230)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)", "Housing--General (I0405)", "Labor--General (I0500)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bowers", "Buckley", "Miles", "Reynolds", "Rose", "Sherman, Sr."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 55
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-11-14"
last_action: "2023-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13a672c9-a25e-4686-a977-a6a5c413f6d3"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00500_HB00599/HB 567.xml"
source_hash: "e74d0312025f5150ef3ae89a1ec251e778e5436789ca7426e7749e98d3a285da"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
---

# Texas HB 567 (88) — Relating to discrimination on the basis of hair texture or protective hairstyle associated with race.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00567I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00567E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00567H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00567S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00567F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **141–3** (pass) · lower
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 567 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **29–1** (pass) · upper
- passage — **143–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bowers — primary (person)
- Buckley — primary (person)
- Miles — primary (person)
- Reynolds — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)
- Sherman, Sr. — primary (person)
- Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Anchía — cosponsor (person)
- Bernal — cosponsor (person)
- Bhojani — cosponsor (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Bucy — cosponsor (person)
- Button — cosponsor (person)
- Campos — cosponsor (person)
- Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Collier — cosponsor (person)
- Cortez — cosponsor (person)
- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
- Flores — cosponsor (person)
- Gates — cosponsor (person)
- Gervin-Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- González, Jessica — cosponsor (person)
- González, Mary — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Guerra — cosponsor (person)
- Gámez — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Ann — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Julie — cosponsor (person)
- Jones, Jolanda — cosponsor (person)
- Jones, Venton — cosponsor (person)
- Lalani — cosponsor (person)
- Longoria — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Ray — cosponsor (person)
- Manuel — cosponsor (person)
- Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
- Meza — cosponsor (person)
- Moody — cosponsor (person)
- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Christina — cosponsor (person)
- Neave Criado — cosponsor (person)
- Ordaz — cosponsor (person)
- Ortega — cosponsor (person)
- Perez — cosponsor (person)
- Plesa — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Romero, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
- Talarico — cosponsor (person)
- Thierry — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Senfronia — cosponsor (person)
- Troxclair — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Vo — cosponsor (person)
- Walle — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
- Whitmire — cosponsor (person)
- Wu — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-11-14** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-23** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-22** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-22** Left pending in committee
- **2023-03-27** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-03-27** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-05** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-06** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-10** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-04-12** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-04-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12** Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-12** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-04-12** Record vote
- **2023-04-12** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-13** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-13** Record vote
- **2023-04-13** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-17** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-04-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-18** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-08** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-05-08** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-09** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-10** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-10** Corrected comm. report printed & distributed
- **2023-05-11** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-11** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-12** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-12** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-12** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-12** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-12** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-12** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-12** Record vote
- **2023-05-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-12** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-12** Record vote
- **2023-05-12** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-15** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-15** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-15** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-15** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-27** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-27** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13a672c9-a25e-4686-a977-a6a5c413f6d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).